Lately, I’ve been put through the ringer coming up with new ideas for soft foods for a very grumpy teething toddler.

It turns out that applesauce, savory yogurt, and waffles and ice cream can only be used for so many meals.

For some reason, it took me a long time to realize that cottage cheese would be perfect for her (and luckily, she loved it!).

Of course, I ended up buying two HUGE containers of it, and now I need to start eating it too, or it’s going to expire.

I plan to make lasagna made with cottage cheese with some of it, and the rest of it will be eaten for breakfast.

I had some smoked salmon left over from a small smoked salmon platter I made for brunch last weekend and paired it with a few things I had in my fridge to create this Savory Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowl.

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This Homemade Everything Bagel Seasoning is….everything!

If there’s one thing that is an absolute constant in my kitchen (beyond the usuals like butter, flour, lemons, etc.) it would be everything bagel seasoning, AKA the seasoning mix that bagel shops use to top their “everything” bagels.

I have been obsessed with this stuff since 2013 – long before grocery stores sold it pre-mixed (sometimes called “Everything BUT The Bagel”) and it started showing up on restaurant menus everywhere.

I started making it at home because I had a wicked bagel craving just about every morning when I was in culinary school (and I love making homemade seasonings, like my bbq seasoning for chips).

My classes would often start at 5 or 6 am, and by the time I got out of class late morning, a bagel always sounded good.

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When you’re a full-time food photographer, the struggle could not be more real when it comes to grocery shopping. I’m often at the store three to four times a week, if not more.

Whether it’s a big trip for all of the work groceries needed for the week, a run for everyday stuff like shampoo and coffee beans, a quick errand to pick up that last-minute item needed for garnish, or a special stop for the freshest berries possible, I’m at the grocery store a lot.

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You guys, I’ll get to the recipe in a hot second, but let’s just take a moment to process what’s going on under the bowls.

I think I’m developing a reputation in the city-wide Facebook buy/sell/trade group I’m in as that woman that keeps buying rickety old tables.

This isn’t the first rickety old table I’ve purchased, but it’s the best. It’s actually more of a rolling cart than a table, really – you can see the full thing on Instagram.

The previous owners had found it at an antique store. They didn’t know much history about it other than that it’s about one hundred years old, and was used in a factory at some point.

It didn’t fit in with the current decorating scheme of their home, so I basically (safely) sped my car over to their house, cash in hand, loaded it lovingly into my trunk, and brought it home to be with it’s new family.

It’s dirty and rustic and weathered and I’m in love.

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This is my tribute to a little thing I’ve invented and fallen in love with recently called The Everything English Muffin. Sometimes the best meals are the ones that take 5 minutes to to make.

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